Queensland's best tennis players in Toowoomba on Sunday

Glen McCullough
Sports reporter
Glen was transferred to the Chronicle editorial section from the comp room in 1992. He worked initially as a racing sub-editor, sport sub-editor and paginator. He worked as a fill-in racing and sport writer during that time before moving into writing full-time.

A HOST of Queensland's top tennis players will converge on Toowoomba this weekend to contest round four of the Asia-Pacific Tennis League (ATL).

The ATL is Australia's latest innovative tennis event and is now in its second season.

Round one of the competition was played last Friday night in Brisbane with round four coming to the Toowoomba Regional Tennis Centre-USQ on Sunday.

Some of the State's leading male and female players will be on show in the six-team Queensland Conference including the Toowoomba Tigers.

The Queensland section of the competition winds up on November 24 with the winning team progressing to the national ATL play-offs during January's Australian Open in Melbourne.

Gavin Wright will manage the men's Tigers team which includes Toowoomba player Mark Richards.

Injured Tigers player Breanna Tilly will manage the girls' team featuring Toowoomba's Arlena Day and Lockyer Valley player Cassie Gramlick.

Wright said the gala afternoon of tennis is played under modified rules in a shortened match format.

"I haven't seen a stronger event in Queensland outside of the Brisbane International," Wright said.

"With the array of players on display this year I wouldn't be surprised to see a Queensland franchise go on and win the national final this time around."

Retired Grand Slam champion Pat Cash lined up for the Sunshine Coast Breakers in last Sunday's round two at Kawana.

Rafter won't make the trip to Toowoomba on Sunday but James Duckworth, John Millman, Isabella Holland and Lizette Cabrerra are some of the names familiar to Queensland tennis fans taking part in the event.

"The Toowoomba men meet the Brisbane Chargers and the girls take on Shaw Park Sharks in tough matches," Wright said.

"But for spectators there will be non-stop tennis and lots of entertainment and activities organised by Tennis Australia throughout the afternoon."